President finds a new way to tout Obamacare — trading comic insults

By Russ Britt

It seems President Barack Obama has found a way to drum up interest in his signature legislative achievement — going toe-to-toe with comic actor Zach Galifianakis.

Obama’s comedic duel on Galifianakis’s online interview show “Between Two Ferns” (click on the video above) was the No. 1 source of referrals to HealthCare.gov early Tuesday, according to White House communications adviser Tara McGuinness. Here’s her tweet:

As you know, HealthCare.gov got off to a rocky start when it debuted in October. As they traded a few good-natured broadsides in an interview on the “Funny Or Die” website, Obama and Galifianakis touched on the Affordable Care Act.

As the president spends several minutes plugging Obamacare, Galifianakis pretends to impatiently check his watch and then asks: “Is this what they mean by drones?”

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